• themusicman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    According to some YouTube short (maybe it was vsauce?): botanically, fruits are vegetables so tomatoes are vegetables in both classification systems

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      In reality it really does not matter and the classification is somewhat arbitrary. Just think about adding it to a fruit salad. Would you do it? Then it’s a fruit.